Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.
Kehinde WileyUsually I bring very attractive women with me to excite interest. I mean, it's a type of, like, strangers-with-candy situation.
Kehinde WileyHe's a great - he's a great professor. He retired recently, but.But Peter Halley as well.
Kehinde WileyMost people say, "Hell, no. I don't know who you are. This scares me. Like, I'm not interested in this."Another way of looking at these paintings is, these are the guys who said yes.
Kehinde WileyLike commercial stuff is sort of cheap and disposable and fun and can be sort of interesting in many ways. I love being in popular culture and existing in the evolution of popular culture. But it's so different from painting, and it's so different from that sort of slow, contemplative, gradual process that painting is.
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